I will quote from the website of an LE in training who watched the video:
SC has since made several changes in policy, including not initiating searches until backup arrives, etc.This clip depicted a traffic stop made in 92 by a South Carolina trooper just north of the GA state line. He stopped an early model Mustang driven by a 5'7", 325+ white male by the name of Richard Blackburn. The trooper (I believe his name was Mark Coates) was over 6'0" and built like most troopers I've seen. Tall, trim and muscular, kind of a quarterback build. The motorist was very polite, followed all of the troopers orders, and seemed low risk. The trooper even wrote him a warning instead of a ticket and the stop was just about over when he asked the driver if he could search his vehicle. The driver agreed and signed the form, still in a pleasant mood. The voiceover commentary mentioned that at the time, officers did not routinely call for backup on a low risk traffic stop or even call out their location. As a matter of fact, two troopers even drove past in the early part of the stop and continued because everything looked fine. It was about 2015 so it was already dark, but it was on I-95, a heavily traveled highway. Anyway, the trooper said he needed to pat his person down first and the guy said okay. As the trooper patted him down, the driver, as he had for the duration, kept his left hand in his pocket. The trooper asked him to remove his hand once, then when he asked him a second time the suspect drew a firearm and pointed at the trooper while simultaneously shoving him to the ground and shouting "I'll kill you" and a bunch of other nice words.
The trooper landed on his back and stuck both hands up and you could hear him saying "It's cool man. Everything's okay" and just complying in general. The suspect was kind of straddling his legs and when he raised the gun to fire the trooper shoved him off and drew his weapon. The suspect got a shot off and hit the trooper right at the Velcro tab on his vest, going through his shoulder and exiting. The trooper fired 6 rounds from his .357 magnum, striking the suspect center mass 5 times. The suspect fell at the rear of the Mustang and the trooper back up to the front of the vehicle for more cover. The suspect had a .22 long rifle 8 shot derringer and as the trooper stood next to the front of the car calling for help, he shot the trooper again, breaking the trooper's 3rd and 4th rib before hitting and severing the aorta. You could see the trooper's arm fall limp as he stumbled around to the other side of the car and collapsed. Not knowing his location, dispatch couldn't send units directly to him, although one of the troopers that had passed him earlier filled in the location and raced back to the scene from about a mile away.
Using split screen, they showed the fallen trooper's video and the responding trooper's video in synch. It was horrible watching the trooper kind of roll side to side on the ground in the 45-60 seconds it took to reach him. You could see the suspect sit up and point his weapon towards him a few times before lying back down. When the first trooper arrived, the fallen trooper was still moving although he was probably near death from the massive internal bleeding. They pretty much let the tape roll as more trooper responded and the paramedics arrived. The trooper died at the scene from his injuries. The suspect, despite being hit 5 times center mass with a .357 magnum at 6-8 feet, was conscious and talking at the scene and survived. It was later discovered that all he had was 6 oz. of marijuana and a concealed weapon. Now he's serving a life sentence and robbed a wife of her husband and four children of a father.
Here is the news article http://savannahnow.com/stories/021798/C ... iller.html
First, its always depressing to hear about such a tragic and senseless murder. Second, can we learn anything from it?
So..... from what I have read, Coates was using .357 Winchester Silver Tips (145gr). These are apparently some sort of modified hollow point. http://www.winchester.com/products/rifl ... fault.aspx
Most accounts say that the shithead had a NAA mini in .22lr.
So, fat dude takes 5 shots center of mass with one of the most deadly man stoppers ever. And the .22lr kills the cop. Obviously, there is a combination of penetration and shot placement here. The 22 penetrated enough - but the .357 didn't get through what was probably a foot of fat. Hollow points obviously don't penetrate as much as fmj. But does that mean that I should now load up my .357 with all fmj? They won't make as big of a hole but they will definitely get to the vitals. Or do I need to switch to all Buffalo Bore ammo? But then what about over penetration? Ack.
